With his latest role, actor Rory Donovan had his “eureka!” moment while sitting in the makeup chair.

Once he was all polished up and ready to hit the rehearsal stage, he looked up and saw himself in the mirror in full makeup for the first time.

His skin was deep green, his forehead scarred with an oversize row of dark stitches. He was completely bald up top, with his scant black hair clinging around the back of his scalp.

Within an hour, Donovan had been transformed from his mild-mannered self into Frankenstein’s monster. Or rather, young Frankenstein’s monster.

Donovan, 27, and fresh out of his training at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, is the hulking brute at the center of the touring production of “Young Frankenstein,” which comes Tuesday to the Abilene Civic Center. It’s the first show in this year’s Best of Broadway Series at the center.

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